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Coaching
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What is Pruning? Why & When? How - general rules How - specific plants
Showing off your house Linking house, garden & surroundings Front and Back garden style Scale and proportion Borrowing landscapes and framing views Meeting the countryside
How plants obtain food: roots, soil water & photosynthesis Plant preferences: soil pH and water content Situation: temperature , light & shade
Avoiding year round sameness Colour where you want it Autumn colour Winter structure Layered planting Natural succession
Borrowing from History & Geography Tudor alleys & pergolas 16th C Italian formality 18th C English landscapes California, Mediterranean, Tropical
Visiting other people’s gardens for ideas What to take How to record plant names What to spot: soil, aspect, micro-climate, Looking at the landscape What you like, what you don’t and why Size, purpose and maintenance
